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May 9, 2020 —
Mercedes-Benz Korea has been fined more than $63 million (77.6 billion won) for allegedly selling vehicles with illegal emissions systems, the largest South Korean fine laid on an automaker for alleged emissions violations.
According to the Ministry of Environment, Mercedes-Benz Korea, Nissan Korea and Porsche Korea manipulated their emissions systems to intentionally defraud consumers and the government.
Korean regulators accuse Mercedes, Nissan and Porsche ...

Feb 14, 2020 —
Volkswagen says about 400,000 German diesel vehicle customers will have the opportunity to receive payments directly from the automaker after settlement talks between VW and attorneys for the plaintiffs failed.
Volkswagen was sued by the Federation of German Consumer Organisations (Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband – vzbv) for manufacturing and selling vehicles with illegal emissions systems.
Volkswagen says settlement negotiations fell apart because ...

Sep 8, 2019 —
A proposed Volkswagen settlement has been reached that may affect about 100,000 customers who purchased or leased gasoline-powered Audi, Bentley, Porsche and Volkswagen vehicles labeled and marketed with overstated fuel economy by up to 1 mile per gallon.
The lawsuit alleges software embedded in the transmission control unit activates when it senses certain conditions such as being started with the key and deactivates when the steering wheel is turned.
This ...

Sep 7, 2019 —
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has taken further action against Volkswagen after determining 2013-2017 gasoline-powered vehicles were sold with incorrect fuel economy labels.
The EPA says Audi, Bentley, Porsche and Volkswagen will revise fuel economy estimates and forfeit emissions credits for under-reporting emissions.
Regulators with the EPA and the California Air Resources Board (CARB) found problems with the gasoline vehicles during an ...

Aug 26, 2019 —
Volkswagen has been ordered to pay South Korean diesel vehicle owners for causing them " psychological damage " related to driving vehicles with illegal emissions systems.
At the same time Audi Volkswagen Korea and Porsche Korea were again fined for using illegal emissions systems, the Seoul Central District Court ruled VW must pay more than 2,400 owners for causing them mental anguish.
Each vehicle owner will receive about $825 (1 million won) for the ...

Aug 24, 2019 —
Audi Volkswagen Korea and Porsche Korea are in more trouble after regulators and prosecutors found evidence the automakers manipulated popular models to bypass emissions regulations.
The South Korean Ministry of Environment says more than 10,000 vehicles are responsible for the penalties, including the Porsche Cayenne, Volkswagen Touareg, Audi A6 and Audi A7.
Officials say they haven't calculated a total amount in fines, but Audi, Porsche and VW could ...

May 19, 2019 —
Volkswagen's emissions troubles are still being argued in court even after the automaker spent the past few years handing out about $30 billion in fines, penalties and compensation to customers.
One of the latest actions was undertaken by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) which alleges VW's diesel emissions scheme pulled the wool over the eyes of investors.
The case is being heard by U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer who seems to be trying to ...

May 11, 2019 —
Porsche emissions issues have caused the automaker another $598 million penalty (535 million euros) thrown down by German prosecutors for ignoring legal responsibilities related to diesel emissions.
It's another financial hit to the automaker for equipping certain vehicles with illegal V6 and V8 Audi diesel engines that contained emissions defeat devices.
About 4 million of the penalty is for " negligent breach of duty " after Stuttgart prosecutors alleged ...

Apr 21, 2019 —
Former Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn may have escaped punishment in the U.S., but German prosecutors may be picking up where American prosecutors left off.
The U.S. Justice Department charged Mr. Winterkorn with wire fraud and conspiracy in May 2018, but as long as he stays in Germany Winterkorn is in the clear because Germany won't extradite its citizens.
Prosecutors collected information that filled 300 file folders and seven DVDs and charged Winterkorn ...

Apr 9, 2019 —
BMW, Daimler and Volkswagen are looking at the possibility of paying more than a billion dollars in fines if regulators with the European Commission get their way.
Investigators with the Commission raided the offices of all three automakers in 2017 after Daimler agreed to work with the Commission in hopes of catching a break.
The automaker had been down the same road before when in 2016 it paid more than $1 billion to settle charges that alleged Daimler ...

Mar 15, 2019 —
Volkswagen has been charged by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for defrauding investors by issuing $13 billion in bonds at the same time senior executives knew more than 500,000 diesel vehicles were illegal.
In addition to VW, regulators charged former CEO Martin Winterkorn and two Volkswagen subsidiaries, Volkswagen Group of America Finance, and VW Credit, for raising billions of dollars while offering deceptive claims about " clean diesel " ...

Jan 27, 2019 —
Four Audi engineering managers have been indicted in the U.S. for their role in installing and concealing emissions " defeat devices " meant to fool regulators, the public and emissions tests. The four are accused of conspiracy, violations of the federal Clean Air Act and wire fraud in the 12-count indictment.
Federal documents claim multiple 3-liter Audi vehicles from 2009-2015 contained emissions defeat devices because the four men did nothing to stop the ...

Nov 12, 2018 —
An Audi CO2 emissions lawsuit alleges gasoline-powered cars were illegally marketed and sold to consumers for many years. According to the CO2 lawsuit, Audi secretly concealed a software algorithm specifically to cheat on emissions tests conducted on more than 100,000 gasoline-powered vehicles.
The lawsuit doesn't name which models are equipped with the allegedly illegal software, but some of the vehicles owned by the 67 named plaintiffs include the Audi A6, ...

Oct 27, 2018 —
Porsche will pay tens of millions of dollars to shareholders after a German court ruled in favor of investors who sued the automaker for withholding information about the emissions systems of diesel vehicles.
Porsche has 52 percent of Volkswagen's voting rights and found itself the target of shareholder anger over the emissions scandal that has cost VW more than $30 billion.
Investors accused Porsche of waiting too long to disclose how the automaker was ...

Oct 18, 2018 —
When Porsche announced it would no longer use diesel engines in its vehicles , executives said they had suffered enough from using Audi diesel engines equipped with illegal emissions software.
Proof of the nightmare caused by Porsche being hitched to Audi and Volkswagen is seen in the more than $30 billion VW has paid in penalties, lawsuit settlements and government actions.
Now Germany has added another $925 million to the bill by fining Audi because ...

Oct 16, 2018 —
Porsche says it's had enough of diesel vehicles and all future models won't include diesel engines, although the automaker says it's " not demonizing diesel ."
Management says diesel has always played a secondary role for Porsche sports cars, so dealing diesel engines out of the game allegedly won't be much of a problem for the company.
Porsche got caught up in Volkswagen's 2015 emissions scandal that continues to cause Porsche problems. As recently as ...

Oct 8, 2018 —
Former owners and lessees of Volkswagen " clean diesel " vehicles can proceed with their lawsuit even though the customers got rid of their diesel vehicles before anyone knew the emissions systems were illegal.
The former owners who sold their cars before the scandal went public filed their lawsuit against VW and Bosch alleging violations of racketeering, fraud and consumer protection laws.
The lawsuit was filed after Volkswagen diesel customers received ...

Sep 30, 2018 —
Volkswagen is fighting an investor lawsuit that could remove another $10.7 billion from VW's corporate checking account as a German court weighs arguments from both sides.
The group of plaintiffs claim Volkswagen failed to tell investors about how the emissions scandal would negatively affect shares which fell by 37 percent of their value.
More than 1,600 claims allege investors likely would have sold their shares earlier if the automaker would have admitted ...

Sep 29, 2018 —
Nissan is in more trouble in Japan after admitting employees falsified inspection documents concerning everything from the horns to how the headlights were aimed.
The automaker had already been busted in 2017 when it was caught selling Japanese models that were inspected by uncertified technicians.
Thanks to the emissions scandal started by Volkswagen , Japanese regulators twice determined most of Nissan's factories allowed vehicles to be certified and sold ...

Sep 20, 2018 —
BMW, Daimler and Volkswagen (including Audi and Porsche) are under additional investigations by the European Commission to determine if the automakers colluded and conspired to avoid competition.
The new investigation follows a 2017 probe by the Commission to learn if the German automakers met to discuss limiting vehicle emissions technology. German prosecutors say there is so far no evidence the automakers worked together on emissions defeat devices that ...

Sep 5, 2018 —
Volkswagen has more emissions challenges in Germany as tough new government tests have left about half of VW's vehicles unable to be sold.
The new test is called the Worldwide Harmonised Light Vehicle Test Procedure (WLTP) and applies to all vehicles in the European Union.
In fairness, other German automakers are having their own problems meeting the challenging test, but Volkswagen's troubles have taken center stage because it was VW's cheating that caused ...

Sep 5, 2018 —
Volkswagen has agreed to settle an investor lawsuit for $48 million after the automaker was sued by the Arkansas State Highway Employees' Retirement System and the Miami police pension fund.
If the settlement is approved by a federal judge, the $48 million would go to investors who bought shares between November 2010 and January 2016.
The investors allege VW executives knew about the emissions fraud committed against consumers, governments and shareholders, ...

Sep 4, 2018 —
Alleged Volkswagen Passat emissions fix problems have caused a proposed class-action lawsuit that alleges 2-liter diesel emissions modifications made as part of VW's settlement claims program can cause vehicles more problems than they had before repairs were performed.
Plaintiffs Allen and Jennifer Pickard say they purchased a 2013 Volkswagen Passat in February 2016, then bought a 2012 Passat in April 2016.
As part of Volkswagen's $10 billion settlement with ...

Aug 22, 2018 —
German media are reporting Volkswagen's CEO may have known about the company's emissions cheating scheme earlier than first claimed but failed to inform investigators and investors about the problems.
German magazine Der Spiegel claims documents from German prosecutors allege CEO Herbert Diess was at a July 27, 2015, meeting where executives and engineers were talking about possible problems in the U.S.
German prosecutors allegedly unsealed the documents that ...

Jul 24, 2018 —
A Volkswagen 3-liter diesel fix has finally been approved by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to remove illegal emissions defeat devices from the vehicles.
The government says the modifications apply to 3-liter diesel vehicles known as Generation 1.2 diesels and leaves VW with the final job of modifying diesel vehicles that were returned by customers. The automaker will then submit to the government the ...

Jul 10, 2018 —
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has closed an audit that was opened after the EPA failed for years to catch Volkswagen's emissions fraud.
The investigation was opened after it was realized the EPA didn't catch Volkswagen's emissions scheme for at least seven years. A total of about 600,000 vehicles passed official EPA emissions testing as the vehicles were emitting nearly 40 times the legal levels of nitrogen ...

Jul 9, 2018 —
Volkswagen's $10 billion settlement with about 475,000 2-liter diesel vehicle owners in the U.S. has been upheld by the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
The three-judge panel ruled VW's objections to the settlement don't hold water because VW owners and lessees received " substantial benefits " from the settlement.
The Ninth Circuit further ruled any of the $10 billion left over after reimbursing customers won't go back to Volkswagen. Court documents ...

Jul 3, 2018 —
A Volkswagen age discrimination lawsuit alleges the diesel emissions scandal is causing the automaker to discriminate against employees 50 years and older.
According to the lawsuit, the emissions cheating is the root cause of the lawsuit because VW executives publicly say the company will reinvent itself to take the focus off years of illegal activities.
Dr. Herbert Diess, U.S. brand chief, calls the company rebranding strategy "TRANSFORM 2025+" that ...

Jun 19, 2018 —
The CEO of Audi has been arrested in Germany as part of an ongoing probe into an emissions scheme that was first exposed in 2015.
The arrest of Rupert Stadler comes at the same time Germany fined Volkswagen $1.2 billion on charges of defrauding consumers and the government.
German officials searched Stadler's home but didn't release information about what may have been found. However, Audi may be expecting Stadler to return to the automaker as the company ...

Jun 18, 2018 —
Volkswagen has lost another $1.2 billion due to manufacturing and selling illegal vehicles for at least seven years.
The automaker had escaped heavy punishment from its home country of Germany, but German prosecutors finally stepped up and fined VW for emissions fraud.
According to prosecutors, Volkswagen created and installed illegal software to intentionally cheat on emissions tests conducted in the lab. Once on the road for routine driving, the software ...

Jun 11, 2018 —
Daimler is recalling about 774,000 Mercedes-Benz vehicles across Europe after German regulators found five "illegal switch-off devices" that alter the emission systems.
German newspaper Bild am Sonntag reported KBA, Germany's vehicle authority, discovered the five devices that cause excess pollution levels in vehicles equipped with Euro 6 diesel engines.
Mercedes and KBA have disagreed in the past about the legality of the devices, with Daimler arguing there ...

May 3, 2018 —
Martin Winterkorn, the former CEO of Volkswagen, has been charged by the U.S. Justice Department over claims of conspiracy and wire fraud related to VW's yearslong illegal emissions scheme.
Volkswagen fooled emissions regulators and consumers for at least seven years by secretly installing "defeat devices" in about 500,000 vehicles in the U.S., with millions of additional vehicles affected across the world.
The special software recognized when a 2-liter ...

Jan 26, 2018 —
Audi is in trouble again for the way its emission systems work in vehicles overseas as German car regulator KBA says it discovered "unacceptable shut-off devices" on diesel cars.
What's bad is all the vehicles were built after Volkswagen and Audi were caught cheating on emissions tests.
According to German media reports, KBA told the automaker a recall of about 127,000 vehicles is necessary to bring the vehicles into legal emissions boundaries.
Included in ...

Dec 31, 2017 —
Volkswagen says a lawsuit filed on behalf of former owners and lessees of Audi and Volkswagen "clean diesel" vehicles should be dismissed because those customers weren't included in previous class-action lawsuits for a reason.
The plaintiffs say they didn't qualify for the class-action lawsuits that won current owners and lessees big payouts and buybacks involving the following vehicles.
2.0-Liter Diesel Vehicles
2009-2015 Volkswagen Jetta
2009-2014 ...

Dec 19, 2017 —
Another 24,000 Audi 3-liter diesel vehicles have received government approval for repairs to the emission systems, including the 2014-2016 Audi A6 quattro, A7 quattro, A8, ASL and Q5.
The December 2016 3.0 diesel settlement involves about 83,000 owners of Audi, Porsche and Volkswagen "turbocharged direct injection" engines, with some of the vehicles eligible for repairs without the need for vehicle buybacks.
The 3-liter diesel vehicles affected by the illegal ...

Dec 16, 2017 —
Volkswagen has received about 17,000 complaints in the UK from customers whose vehicles were allegedly repaired as part of a massive recall of diesel vehicles that violated emissions laws.
VW owners are complaining about busted exhaust gas valves, lower fuel economy, diesel particulate filters that clog and other problems.
European VW owners didn't receive the kind of compensation and buybacks offered to U.S. customers , leaving the folks across the pond to ...

Dec 15, 2017 —
For a company that has already lost an estimated $30 billion for installing illegal "defeat device" software to cheat on emissions tests, Volkswagen seems content with adding to that amount, at least outside the U.S.
The automaker learned German auto safety authority KBA was ordering a recall of nearly 60,000 VW Touareg 3-liter diesel SUVs equipped with illegal emissions defeat devices.
KBA performed lab tests on the SUVs that indicated devices were activated ...

Dec 6, 2017 —
Former Volkswagen manager Oliver Schmidt has been sentenced to 7 years in prison and fined $400,000 his role in the automaker's scheme to defraud the U.S. government and consumers.
Schmidt, the former general manager of Volkswagen's U.S. Environment and Engineering Office, was part of a team of people who concealed knowledge of illegal emissions "defeat devices" installed in about 600,000 diesel vehicles in the U.S.
VW used the devices to fool environmental ...

Nov 11, 2017 —
South Korea has punished more automakers for violating emissions regulations, with BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Porsche the latest companies to answer for forging documents that allowed the automakers to sell their cars in the country.
South Korea's Ministry of Environment has been a vocal critic of multiple automakers after Volkswagen was caught cheating on emissions tests , but this time the three affected automakers claim the "forgeries" were just honest errors ...

Oct 23, 2017 —
BMW, Daimler and Volkswagen aren't making any fans in their home country of Germany as the European Commission said it paid a visit to BMW's offices on October 16 as the beginning legal salvo in an investigation into violations of EU antitrust rules concerning cartels and business practices.
BMW was quick to admit the raid was over potential violations of antitrust laws, but allegedly had nothing to do with accusations of "illegal manipulation of exhaust gas ...

Oct 9, 2017 —
State and local government lawsuits against Volkswagen over its emissions fraud are out of the question as a California federal judge blocked a lawsuit filed by the state of Wyoming.
VW has already racked up more than $20 billion in losses after admitting it cheated emissions tests for years , selling vehicles that should have never been legally sold.
In addition to $10 billion spent to buy back about 600,000 diesel vehicles in the U.S., VW also agreed to pay ...

Oct 9, 2017 —
Canada and Volkswagen aren't getting along, if recent actions taken by the Ontario government is any indicator of "getting long."
The Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change alleges VW failed to abide by Ontario emissions regulations and with search warrant in hand, investigators entered VW's Canadian offices looking for damning evidence.
The investigation is tied to Volkswagen's emissions cheating scheme that caused more than 100,000 vehicles in ...

Sep 13, 2017 —
A study conducted by university researchers claims emissions defeat devices used by Volkswagen and allegedly by Fiat Chrysler were created by parts supplier Bosch.
Researchers from Ruhr- Universität in Germany and the University of California San Diego undertook the study that was supported by the European Research Council and by the U.S. National Science Foundation.
The researchers admit they aren't 100 percent positive the Bosch documents they used are ...

Sep 11, 2017 —
Volkswagen's emissions cheating has started a global chain reaction with governments questioning and testing emissions systems from multiple automakers.
Now it seems the Dutch have their own questions after the Netherlands Vehicle Authority, also known as the RDW, discovered Jeep and Suzuki vehicles allegedly have illegal nitrogen oxide emissions. The RDW says the findings popped up after multiple vehicles were tested from 14 automakers.
Based on the ...

Sep 10, 2017 —
European officials are investigating German media reports that allege BMW, Daimler and Volkswagen worked together since the mid-1990s to hold down the prices of emissions equipment and other vehicle systems.
The three companies are also accused of working together to create diesel vehicles that would pass emissions tests in labs but actually be illegal on the roads.
The German Cartel Office is looking into the allegations to learn if the three automakers ...

Aug 26, 2017 —
Former Volkswagen engineer James Liang has been sentenced to 40 months in prison and fined $200,000 for his role in the automaker selling diesel vehicles with special software called "defeat devices" used to fool environmental regulators and U.S. consumers.
Liang was looking at the possibility of five years behind bars, but prosecutors recommended three years because Liang, 63, cooperated with authorities.
U.S. District Court Judge Sean Cox said Mr. Liang ...

Aug 21, 2017 —
James Liang, the former Volkswagen engineer who admitted his role in the automaker's emissions scandal, may get three years in prison based on a recommendation by U.S. prosecutors.
Liang could face five years in prison, but prosecutors say three years will be sufficient since Mr. Liang provided information that led to the indictments of other VW executives.
Prosecutors say Liang knew exactly what he was doing when he illegally worked on the defeat devices and ...

Aug 13, 2017 —
Former owners and lessees of Audi and Volkswagen "clean diesel" vehicles have filed a proposed class-action lawsuit alleging they weren't included in the settlements over illegal emissions in 2-liter and 3-liter diesel vehicles.
Most U.S. consumer litigation has been taken care of in federal multidistrict litigation with three resulting consumer class-action settlements.
The first settlement involved 2-liter models and was given final approval on October 25, ...

Aug 4, 2017 —
Oliver Schmidt, the former general manager of Volkswagen's U.S. Environment and Engineering Office, has pleaded guilty for violating the U.S. Clean Air Act for his part in the scheme to sell and market allegedly “clean diesel” vehicles in the U.S.
Schmidt, 48, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to defraud the U.S., to commit wire fraud and to violations of the Clean Air Act.
Schmidt was indicted with five other VW employees but is likely the only one ...

Jun 4, 2017 —
Audi and Porsche are in more trouble at home as Germany's transportation authority and prosecutors take new actions against the automakers over illegal emissions.
The Federal Motor Transport Authority has Porsche in its sights over the way steering wheels operate during emissions tests and Audi is under the microscope concerning illegal software in A7 and A8 cars.
According to German media reports, officials believe Porsche may be using software that detects ...

May 29, 2017 —
Attorneys who prosecuted parts manufacturer Bosch in the Volkswagen emissions scandal will receive $51 million in fees and another $1 million in costs for the role the legal team played in the settlement against Bosch.
The judge didn't have a problem awarding that amount to attorneys because the court said VW owners received good deals in the settlement.
The settlement with Bosch will see the company pay $327.5 million for designing the software VW used to ...

May 28, 2017 —
While attorneys and governments target Volkswagen, Chrysler, General Motors and other automakers over excess nitrogen oxide emissions from diesel vehicles, researchers discovered problems with all diesel vehicles on the roads.
Published by the science journal, Nature , a new study says overall, nitrogen oxide emissions contributed to 107,600 premature deaths in 2015 and emissions above legal standards will contribute to 38,000 premature deaths worldwide each ...

May 18, 2017 —
Volkswagen is sending about 2,500 illegal diesel vehicles out of South Korea and back to Germany after the vehicles were parked following a 2016 sales ban ordered by the government.
South Korea sent the vehicles on their way based on a 2016 ban of about 80 models put in place by the Ministry of Environment, which left thousands of VW diesel vehicles parked at a port.
The deportation of the diesel vehicles comes as South Korean prosecutors try to nail VW ...

May 4, 2017 —
An Audi defeat device lawsuit alleges numerous gasoline-powered vehicles contain illegal software that causes false carbon dioxide levels. The proposed class-action lawsuit includes at least 100 named plaintiffs from numerous states, all claiming they were harmed by buying Audi vehicles.
According to the Audi emissions lawsuit, the automaker installed illegal emissions defeat devices in gasoline-powered cars to get around government emissions regulations and to ...

Apr 21, 2017 —
Volkswagen has been sentenced in a federal court to three years probation after the automaker pleaded guilty in March 2017 for conspiracy to defraud U.S. customers and federal regulators and for violating the Clean Air Act by intentionally lying to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
In addition, the court agreed to accept the $4.3 billion dollar settlement amount that was first announced in January .
As part of the sentence, Volkswagen was nailed with ...

Apr 1, 2017 —
Volkswagen UK complaints are still being filed even after cars were allegedly fixed to make their emission systems legal. Numerous UK media outlets report VW owners say their cars are running worse than before the automaker made repairs.
Out of about 1.2 million affected diesel vehicles in the UK, Volkswagen says about 540,000 have been repaired, most that required an allegedly simple software update.
UK owners of Audi, Seat, Skoda and VW diesel vehicles with ...

Mar 18, 2017 —
Volkswagen has more problems in Germany as Munich prosecutors raided the offices of Jones Day, the large law firm VW hired to learn how the emissions scandal started and continued for years.
German prosecutors raided Jones Day and the offices of Audi's corporate division searching for any evidence to use against VW management or employees.
Volkswagen released a statement saying the raid by the prosecutor is "unacceptable in every respect" and is a "clear ...

Mar 14, 2017 —
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is tasked with the job of making sure vehicle emissions are within legal limits, but the Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the EPA has reason to believe the agency has skipped out on its job duties.
The OIG is preparing to investigate the EPA to determine if the agency is effective at detecting and preventing vehicle emissions fraud. Based on what has been discovered with Volkswagen cheating the system for ...

Mar 4, 2017 —
Back in October 2015, researchers from Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) conducted a study that concluded illegal Volkswagen emissions could prematurely end the lives of 59 people in the U.S.
Now those same researchers have published a study that estimates 1,200 people in Europe will die early by as much as a decade due to Volkswagen's illegal nitrogen oxide emissions that were emitted between 2008 and 2015. Researchers ...

Feb 5, 2017 —
A VW 3.0 TDI settlement update has been announced that sets forth more specific details about the 3.0-liter diesel settlement that involves about 83,000 owners of Audi, Porsche and Volkswagen "turbocharged direct injection" engines.
According to the federal court order, owners of 2009-2012 VW Touareg and 2009-2012 Audi Q7 3.0-liter vehicles affected by emissions defeat devices are eligible to receive buyback offers of $26,000 to $58,000 based on the model and ...

Jan 11, 2017 —
Volkswagen has agreed to plead guilty and pay $4.3 billion in civil and criminal penalties for illegal schemes to manufacturer, advertise, import and sell about 590,000 "clean diesel" vehicles in the U.S.
In addition, U.S. prosecutors have indicted six Volkswagen executives for their roles in the emissions fraud.
By pleading guilty, VW will pay a $2.8 billion criminal penalty and another $1.5 billion penalty to satisfy claims connected to the automaker ...

Jan 9, 2017 —
Volkswagen finally received approval to fix certain 2-liter diesel vehicles to make their emissions systems legal, at least for about 67,000 of the 475,000 illegal 2-liter "clean diesel" vehicles.
The fix has been approved for what Volkswagen calls Generation 3 diesel vehicles from model year 2015, including the 2015 diesel Volkswagen Beetle, Beetle Convertible, Golf, Golf SportWagen, Jetta, Passat and the 2015 Audi A3.
Customers have the option of getting ...

Jan 9, 2017 —
Volkswagen executive Oliver Schmidt has been arrested in Miami and charged in a criminal complaint for his alleged role in a conspiracy to defraud U.S. regulators and customers by using emissions defeat devices in hundreds of thousands of Volkswagen vehicles.
Schmidt, 48, is a resident of Germany but was in Florida when the feds arrested and charged him with conspiracy, wire fraud and violations of the U.S. Clean Air Act.
Prosecutors say VW employees knew as ...

Jan 2, 2017 —
Three automakers selling cars in South Korea have been slapped with fines totally $5.9 million (7.17 billion won) for falsifying documents related to emissions tests.
According to the South Korean Ministry of Environment, vehicles from BMW, Nissan and Porsche were illegally certified for sale based on fabricated documents.
The Ministry started looking at various automakers after the mess caused by Volkswagen hiding illegal software in its cars for years. ...

Dec 22, 2016 —
Volkswagen owners who are planning on stripping down their vehicles before the automaker buys back those vehicles may need to rethink what they are doing as the federal judge in charge of the emissions scandal warns he won't tolerate such actions.
The judge further says Volkswagen doesn't have to tolerate those actions and will flatly refuse to buy back vehicles that have been picked to the bones.
As part of VW's $10.3 billion buyback offer to owners of ...

Dec 20, 2016 —
A Volkswagen 3-liter diesel settlement agreement has been reached for U.S. owners of about 83,000 3-liter TDI vehicles with V6 diesel engines.
In addition to affecting 3-liter diesel owners, the agreement involves the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the California Air Resources Board (CARB) and the California Attorney General.
Under the proposed 3-liter diesel agreement, Volkswagen will be allowed to recall more than 75 percent of the illegal vehicles ...

Dec 19, 2016 —
A Volkswagen Canada settlement agreement has been reached that will see VW pay Canadian diesel owners as much as $2.1 billion CAD (Canadian dollars) as compensation for selling about 105,000 vehicles that emit illegal levels of nitrogen oxides.
Canadian Volkswagen diesel owners have waited for the day they would see a program similar to what is offered to U.S. customers, and while final approval won't occur until March 2017, the settlement terms have been ...

Dec 16, 2016 —
A Volkswagen 3-liter diesel settlement agreement is near as U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer says all parties have until December 19 to explain how owners of VW 3-liter diesel vehicles will be compensated and what will happen with the vehicles.
Volkswagen has reportedly agreed to pay more than $200 million for a special fund aimed toward reducing diesel emissions in the U.S., but 3-liter owners are still waiting to learn if they will be offered a deal similar ...

Dec 12, 2016 —
Volkswagen is facing more legal trouble as the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) accuses the automaker of destroying evidence by erasing or "losing" 23 employee cell phones.
In its motion filed in a federal district court in San Francisco, the FTC says it saw red flags when 23 phones of important Volkswagen employees were determined to be lost or unable to be turned on.
Federal investigators want to know what was on those 23 cell phones that relates to VW's ...

Nov 6, 2016 —
Audi emissions defeat devices have allegedly been found by California environmental regulators, something that could affect hundreds of thousands of cars worldwide and cause government officials to take an even deeper look into Volkswagen's conduct.
According to the German paper Bild am Sonntag , the California Air Resources Board (CARB) found the defeat device months ago tucked away in the automatic transmission of a 3-liter gasoline Audi car.
If the report ...

Nov 6, 2016 —
The state of Wyoming has sued Volkswagen as state officials say Volkswagen's recent $15 billion settlement agreement for violating emissions laws doesn't go far enough to resolve claims for civil penalties.
Volkswagen agreed to spend about $10 billion to U.S. consumers to buy back or repair "clean diesel" vehicles that have emitted illegal levels of nitrogen oxides since at least 2009.
VW also agreed to pay $2.7 billion to support environmental programs ...

Oct 25, 2016 —
The Volkswagen settlement agreement has finally been approved by U.S. District Court Judge Charles R. Breyer concerning 475,000 Volkswagen and Audi 2-liter diesel vehicles in the U.S.
More than a year after Volkswagen got caught cheating on emissions tests , the judge said the nearly $15 billion agreement will ensure affected diesel owners and lessees will be fairly compensated.
The drama got underway in 2015 when university researchers kept finding problems ...

Oct 18, 2016 —
Volkswagen "clean diesel" owners are one step closer to finally receiving relief from buying so-called "environmentally friendly" vehicles that have been polluting the air for at least seven years.
Judge Charles Breyer already gave preliminary approval to the $15 billion settlement that will see about $10 billion go to U.S. car owners and about $5 billion to cover environmental damages. Now the judge says he is inclined to finalize the settlement terms by ...

Oct 14, 2016 —
Volkswagen is receiving one hell of an invoice from 22 attorneys representing about 475,000 owners of 2-liter vehicles equipped with illegal emissions "defeat devices."
According to a report from Reuters , if approved by a federal judge, attorneys will receive $175 million for their trouble in the emissions scandal after VW agreed to pay that amount for fees and expenses.
Those attorneys built the case against Volkswagen after the automaker admitted it has ...

Sep 27, 2016 —
Step aside Volkswagen, because according to research from a European organization called Transport & Environment (T&E), 230 diesel models failed to meet Euro 6 emissions standards.
Now the twist. Out of all the diesel vehicles considered the cleanest by Euro 6 standards, Volkswagen took top honors and had the cleanest diesels on the roads.
European regulators created emissions regulations with a loophole that every automaker happily jumps through. According ...

Sep 25, 2016 —
The Robert Bosch company is under the gun by U.S. prosecutors as they investigate who knew what in the Volkswagen emissions scandal that continues to drain VW's bank accounts .
Bosch supplied the automaker with software for the 2-liter diesel vehicles that have caused the recalls of millions of vehicles worldwide. Those vehicles emit nitrogen oxides up to 40 times above legal standards because of "defeat devices," special software used to alter emissions ...

Sep 11, 2016 —
Volkswagen engineer James Robert Liang, 62, has pleaded guilty for his part in VW's emissions cheating scandal, the first employee to fall victim to U.S. Department of Justice criminal charges.
Liang, of Newbury Park, California, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to defraud the U.S., to commit wire fraud and to violate the Clean Air Act.
According to the plea agreement, from 1983 until May 2008, Liang was an employee of Volkswagen and working in its ...

Sep 10, 2016 —
Vermont has turned down Volkswagen's U.S. emissions cheating settlement offer and opted to sue Audi, Porsche and VW for showing a "blatant disregard" for the protection of the state’s natural resources and the health of its residents.
VW agreed to spend $15 billion to settle U.S. lawsuits and complaints about the cheating, but Vermont Attorney General William Sorrell says Vermont wants no part of VW's proposed settlement that would have paid just $1,000 per ...

Sep 7, 2016 —
Owners of 2-liter "clean diesel" Volkswagen vehicles may be cheering in the U.S., but the same can't be said for owners of about 100,000 of those same vehicles in Canada.
While the U.S., South Korea and other countries have punished Volkswagen for its emissions sins, Canada hasn't announced any concrete penalties against the automaker.
U.S. diesel owners are receiving $10 billion in compensation and buyback offers as Canadian customers wait for their ...

Sep 5, 2016 —
Volkswagen's emissions cheating nightmare is no closer to an end as about 475,000 2-liter diesel owners and lessees in the U.S. scramble for money, and European governments may finally decide to take action against the automaker.
According to lawyers close to the U.S. settlement, more than half the owners who have registered as part of the "clean diesel" settlement agreement say they want VW to buy back the diesel vehicles, as opposed to getting the cars ...

Aug 31, 2016 —
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has filed a lawsuit against Volkswagen alleging misleading or deceptive conduct concerning diesel emissions. The lawsuit also accuses VW of making false or misleading statements to Australian customers to continue selling illegal vehicles.
The lawsuit alleges Volkswagen installed emissions "defeat devices" in tens of thousands of Australian vehicles without telling customers about the illegal software. ...

Aug 25, 2016 —
German electronics company Robert Bosch GmbH is the target of another lawsuit that alleges the company was a willing partner with Volkswagen and its emissions scheme that continues to play out.
A U.S. District Court in San Francisco is the home of the latest lawsuit that alleges Volkswagen and Bosch worked "hand-in-glove" with VW to create the "defeat devices" that fooled emissions testers for at least seven years .
Volkswagen has already agreed to pay about ...

Aug 23, 2016 —
Volkswagen has jumped another hurdle as it slowly re-starts production at six plants after contract disagreements with two suppliers left about 28,000 VW employees idle.
After a marathon 20-hour negotiation session that went through the night, VW and its suppliers, CarTrim, and ES Automobilguss, agreed to settle their differences and get operations back on track.
The contract issues were resolved one day after the automaker said contract talks broke down and ...

Aug 15, 2016 —
Volkswagen is allegedly in talks with the U.S. Justice Department to settle criminal accusations over the automaker's emissions fraud, possibly adding another $1 billion or more to the $15 billion VW has already agreed to pay.
According to a report from the Wall Street Journal, two sources close to the talks say fines could top $1.2 billion and a consent decree would require an independent monitor over Volkswagen.
As with other automakers that have settled ...

Aug 9, 2016 —
Part of Volkswagen's $15 billion emissions settlement agreement with U.S. authorities sets aside nearly $5 billion to promote zero-emissions cars and to offset environmental damage that will continue to be caused by the vehicles even after they are repaired.
VW says a step in that direction will be taken in 2017 when gas-powered cars will be equipped with special particulate filters to reduce soot emissions by up to 90 percent.
From 2017, all gasoline TSI and ...

Aug 7, 2016 —
German newspaper Bild am Sonntag reported on Sunday that U.S. regulators have caught Volkswagen cheating again, this time by using unapproved software on 3-liter diesel cars.
Bild , the largest Sunday paper in Germany, didn't say how it got the information and U.S. authorities haven't commented, but the report says the 3-liter cars have three illegal software programs.
The programs are allegedly used to shut off nitrogen oxide emissions controls after 22 ...

Aug 7, 2016 —
French environmental authorities say an investigation into illegal vehicle emissions has found serious discrepancies between advertised emissions and real-world emissions levels.
In an attempt to put French consumers at ease, France took a look at 86 diesel models from multiple automakers, including Fiat, Ford and Renault. The environmental ministry says it found serious problems with the vehicles but calling anything an illegal "defeat device" may not be ...

Aug 6, 2016 —
South Korea has taken more action against Volkswagen as punishment for cheating on emissions tests and has banned the sale of 80 models in the country.
The move comes after numerous other actions by South Korean prosecutors, including raiding VW offices and the arrest and indictment of a Volkswagen executive .
The banned Audi, Bentley and Volkswagen vehicles won't be certified for sale until the vehicles can pass all nitrogen oxide emissions, noise and fuel ...

Jul 26, 2016 —
Volkswagen settlement details and a settlement agreement website have been released after a federal judge in California gave preliminary approval to a nearly $15 billion settlement concerning 475,000 illegal Audi and Volkswagen diesel vehicles.
The settlement sets aside about $10 billion for U.S. owners and nearly $5 billion to promote zero-emissions cars and to offset environmental damage that will continue to be caused by the vehicles even after they are ...

Jul 24, 2016 —
Volkswagen's legal team must sweating bullets as attorneys for the beleaguered automaker face three new lawsuit filed by Maryland, Massachusetts and New York.
Volkswagen already agreed to pay about $15 billion as part of a program to buy back diesel cars and compensate owners, with about $10 million going to consumers . The rest is set to cover environmental issues and court cases, but with the new lawsuits from the three states, Volkswagen is questioning the ...

Jul 17, 2016 —
Volkswagen may be making progress in the U.S. concerning illegal cars with emissions problems, but outside the U.S. the automaker hasn't been able to automatically buy its way out of trouble.
In Europe, VW started allegedly repairing vehicles months ago that have been emitting high levels of nitrogen oxides for the past seven years, but an Italian consumer agency says at least one model isn't being fixed at all. According to Altroconsumo , removing the ...

Jul 17, 2016 —
A South Korean Volkswagen executive who was arrested over VW's emissions scandal has now been indicted on charges of violating emissions laws and sending false data to authorities.
Unlike in the U.S. where criminal probes typically end by an automaker coughing up money, South Korea says executives at Volkswagen could face prison sentences due to years of manipulating emissions.
About 11 million vehicles worldwide are affected by software called "defeat ...

Jul 13, 2016 —
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has rejected a proposed recall plan to fix emissions problems in 3-liter Audi, Porsche and Volkswagen vehicles. The 3-liter vehicles have "auxiliary emission control devices" and "defeat devices" that were concealed for at least the past seven years.
The devices are illegally used to alter emissions levels to make the vehicles appear to pass all nitrogen oxide emission standards, when in reality the vehicles emit up to ...

Jul 4, 2016 —
About 85,000 U.S. owners of illegal 3-liter Volkswagen vehicles may be licking their chops after reading owners of 2-liter diesel vehicles will be offered compensation and buyback offers, but 3-liter owners should remove the napkins from their laps.
Based on what Volkswagen told a California court, the automaker believes it can fix the 85,000 affected vehicles and make them perfectly legal. This can allegedly be done without causing changes to power or fuel ...

Jun 25, 2016 —
A South Korean Volkswagen executive has been arrested after a warrant was issued by the Seoul District Court for charges related to Volkswagen's emissions cheating.
The arrest comes after South Korean authorities raided Volkswagen's offices in May after accusations the automaker forged fuel economy documents.
Unlike what occurs with automakers in the U.S., criminal charges overseas can mean arrest warrants and executives in handcuffs. U.S. auto execs can work ...

Jun 23, 2016 —
Volkswagen has agreed to a settlement worth $10 billion to compensate U.S. owners of about 475,000 2-liter "clean diesel" vehicles that have been emitting illegal levels of nitrogen oxides for at least seven years.
The automaker originally got caught by West Virginia University which was performing emissions tests on VW diesel vehicles. Researchers couldn't make the numbers fit and contacted the EPA about the discrepancies.
Under questioning from the EPA, ...

Jun 8, 2016 —
Volkswagen says it has made tremendous progress toward a final settlement agreement to be presented to U.S. officials June 21, 2016.
VW owners continue to wait for answers since the day they learned their vehicles are technically illegal concerning emissions standards in the U.S. Owners learned the automaker had been cheating on emissions tests for at least seven years on 600,000 diesel models in the U.S. and about 11 million worldwide.
The cars are illegally ...

May 8, 2016 —
Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich has filed a lawsuit against Volkswagen accusing the automaker of consumer fraud for selling Arizona residents defective vehicles for at least seven years.
Arizona joins a long line of governments that have taken action against VW, including Kentucky , New Mexico , Texas and New Jersey . Then there are the federal lawsuits, including from the Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice .
Saying its ...

May 1, 2016 —
Volkswagen maybe won't feel so bad concerning its illegal nitrogen oxide emissions, at least in South Korea where officials found 14 out of 16 diesel cars from various automakers are determined to be illegal.
The South Korean National Institute of Environmental Research opened an investigation into possible emission problems because of the chaos Volkswagen caused across the world.
South Korean regulators refused recall plans submitted by Volkswagen because VW ...

Apr 26, 2016 —
The Volkswagen emissions scandal is taking a toll across the world and has heightened the issue of how other automakers may have their own emissions problems, especially outside the U.S.
Germany Recalls 630,000 Vehicles to Check Emissions
German officials said Audi, Mercedes-Benz, Opel, Porsche and Volkswagen will recall 630,000 vehicles after the automakers used a loophole in the law to justify higher emissions. Although what the automakers are doing is ...

Apr 20, 2016 —
Volkswagen will buy back or fix all 2-liter diesel vehicles that have illegal software called defeat devices used to alter nitrogen oxide emissions.
The vehicles contain illegal software that provides correct emissions data during official tests, but once back on the roads for normal use the cars revert to a much higher emissions level, specifically nitrogen oxide emissions.
Nitrogen oxide emissions cause all kinds of health problems, which is why U.S. ...

Mar 29, 2016 —
Volkswagen has another lawsuit to contend with as the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announces false advertising charges against the automaker.
It was only a matter of time, considering VW has admitted lying to the world for seven years about alleged "clean diesel" technology. The diesel vehicles, about 600,000 in the U.S., are equipped with illegal software that causes the cars to pass official emissions tests, then emit up to 40 times the legal limits of ...

Mar 28, 2016 —
Volkswagen owners are running out of patience as VW ran out of time to answer how it will fix about 600,000 diesel cars in the U.S. However, it seems time is on the side of VW as a federal judge moved forward the hands on the deadline clock and gave VW an extension.
U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer says VW has until April 21 to provide a comprehensive proposal on how the automaker will get the illegal vehicles off the roads. Those vehicles have illegal ...

Mar 24, 2016 —
The state of Kentucky and Attorney General Andy Beshear filed a lawsuit against Audi, Porsche and Volkswagen alleging the automakers scammed and harmed Kentucky citizens.
The lawsuit comes as Volkswagen faces about 500 lawsuits consolidated in California, and on the heels of legal complaints filed by New Jersey, New Mexico and Texas.
The lawsuit lays out the case VW broke about every rule in the auto handbook, including "willful, knowing, deliberate, unfair, ...

Mar 15, 2016 —
Volkswagen is currently preparing to defend itself against 500 lawsuits filed in the U.S. after the automaker was forced to admit six months ago that it cheated the world concerning diesel emissions.
About 11 million diesel vehicles worldwide have illegal software that causes vehicles to emit up to 40 times above legal limits for nitrogen oxide emissions. Now those emission problems have caused two new lawsuits, one from a former employee and the other a $3.6 ...

Mar 4, 2016 —
New Jersey Attorney General John J. Hoffman says the state has filed a lawsuit against Volkswagen alleging "a massive fraud" on New Jersey consumers.
Saying Volkswagen engaged in one of the largest frauds in history for more than 10 years, New Jersey accuses the automaker of cheating official emissions tests.
The two-count complaint alleges VW made a fortune from manufacturing and marketing diesel vehicles allegedly good for the environment, all while in fact ...

Feb 26, 2016 —
Volkswagen's problems are piling up as a federal judge set a deadline for answers about how illegal emissions will be fixed, while research shows the automaker has serious reputation problems with the public.
U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer told Volkswagen it has had plenty of time to provide a response about how 600,000 U.S. diesel cars will be made legal for nitrogen oxide emissions. The judge says the automaker has until March 24 to submit a fix for ...

Feb 15, 2016 —
The Mexican Federal Attorney for Environmental Protection (PROFEPA) fined Volkswagen $8.9 million (168 million pesos) for importing and selling cars without proper certification.
Mexican environmental authorities accuse VW of "willful misconduct" by violating two standards that must be met before vehicles can be sold.
The first, NOM-042-SEMARNAT-2003, establishes the maximum permissible emission limits for total hydrocarbons or non-methane, carbon monoxide, ...

Jan 27, 2016 —
New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas has filed a lawsuit against Audi, Porsche and Volkswagen after accusing VW of breaching the trust of New Mexico consumers.
The lawsuit was filed after Volkswagen admitted its "clean diesel" cars have been emitting illegal amounts of nitrogen oxides since at least 2008.
Saying he wants to take as much money as possible from Volkswagen, Balderas claims the automaker spent millions in advertising dollars for the ...

Jan 27, 2016 —
Germany has given Volkswagen the green light to fix illegal emission systems, at least for one pickup truck called the Amarok. The German Federal Motor Transport Authority gave final approval for the 2-liter Amarok after VW said it could fix the trucks with a 30-minute software update.
VW has said millions of 1.2-liter, 1.6-liter and 2-liter diesel vehicles are equipped with illegal defeat devices that alter emissions readings during official emissions tests. ...

Jan 12, 2016 —
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have rejected Volkswagen's plan to fix over 500,000 cars that contain illegal emissions "defeat devices."
While VW has been moving forward with approved plans to recall millions of vehicles outside the U.S., the automaker knew U.S. vehicles would be a difficult challenge. The cars are equipped with illegal software that activates during emissions tests, then once back on the ...

Jan 10, 2016 —
Volkswagen is taking heat from a group of U.S. attorneys general after VW cited German privacy laws to keep internal documents out of the hands of U.S. investigators.
An investigation by 48 U.S. state legal defenders is attempting to determine how Volkswagen was able to sell its "clean diesel" cars for seven years, all the while with emissions "defeat devices" installed on the cars. The devices, illegal software used to cheat nitrogen oxide emissions tests, ...

Jan 4, 2016 —
Volkswagen has waited for the day the U.S. government files suit against the automaker over its "clean diesel" emissions, and the day has finally arrived.
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed a civil complaint in federal court against Audi, Porsche and Volkswagen on behalf of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The complaint was filed after VW admitted about 600,000 vehicles in the U.S. have illegal software called "defeat devices" used to ...

Dec 20, 2015 —
A Volkswagen compensation fund will be opened to address owner complaints and concerns about illegal nitrogen oxide emissions and the loss of value of the VW vehicles.
VW says Kenneth R. Feinberg has been retained to gather information to compensate a possible list of 600,000 vehicle owners in the U.S. Feinberg is highly experienced in creating and administrating compensation funds, including funds created for victims of the GM ignition switches, the BP oil ...

Dec 15, 2015 —
Volkswagen says the illegal emissions "defeat devices" installed on 11 million vehicles worldwide were installed because the automaker knew it couldn't provide the type of diesel engine the company was marketing.
Seven years of boasting about its "clean diesel" technology has now turned into an admission that decisions to cheat the system began in 2005.
Although carbon dioxide emissions are allegedly not as bad as first believed , the large looming problems ...

Dec 15, 2015 —
Volkswagen and the state of California haven't been on good terms since the automaker was caught cheating on nitrogen oxide emissions standards. With its strict emissions laws, California has taken numerous actions against the automaker, and now VW is gearing up for even more headaches in California.
With more than 450 civil lawsuits pending against the automaker across the country, Volkswagen knew those cases would be consolidated into multidistrict litigation ...

Dec 5, 2015 —
Environmental regulators in Washington state told Volkswagen it will pay for selling so-called "clean diesel" vehicles that weren't so clean. Since 2009, about 500,000 of those VW diesel cars in the U.S. have been emitting up to 40 times the legal amount of nitrogen oxides.
Nitrogen oxides contribute to ground-level ozone and are linked with increased asthma attacks and contribute to premature death from respiratory and cardiovascular disease. Children, the ...

Dec 1, 2015 —
The Robert Bosch company is named as a defendant in a Volkswagen emissions class-action lawsuit that names VW, Bosch, former VW CEO Martin Winterkorn and current CEO Michael Horn as defendants.
The Bosch/Volkswagen class-action lawsuit alleges violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act, false advertising and consumer fraud.
Plaintiff Robert F. Eslick purchased a 2013 Passat TDI SEL Premium on or about February 20, 2013. Eslick ...

Nov 30, 2015 —
Volkswagen says it's just about ready to tackle the enormous task of repairing European diesel vehicles equipped with EA 189 engines. The automaker says all corrective measures have been presented to the appropriate authorities and the automaker hopes to get the recalls running in January 2016.
VW says the proposed remedy turned out to be more simple than first believed because of advances in engine developments and sophisticated air intake ...

Nov 29, 2015 —
The state of Texas isn't happy with Volkswagen and its emissions problems and the Texas court system is an example of that unhappiness.
Leading off the legal battle is Harris County, Texas, which filed suit against Volkswagen and Audi for $100 million . Harris County alleges about 6,000 VW diesel vehicles have been in the area since 2009 spewing harmful nitrogen oxide emissions.
But it looks like Harris County is only the beginning as more counties, and even ...

Nov 24, 2015 —
Volkswagen continues to dig its own grave as the automaker admits another 85,000 diesel cars in the U.S. contain software to defeat emissions tests. The newest list of vehicles include V6 3-liter TDI diesel models going back to 2009, all with at least one "defeat device" installed as sophisticated software.
The problem stems from VW withholding information about the "auxiliary emission control devices" that weren't properly declared when receiving approval in ...

Nov 16, 2015 —
The Volkswagen emissions scandal has opened Pandora's Box in Germany as safety regulators announced they are investigating numerous models from VW and at least 19 other automakers.
German authorities said they want to know if any of the vehicles are emitting illegal nitrogen oxides, the type of emissions that started the Volkswagen chaos. Regulators said vehicles with diesel engines are the focus of the investigation, but authorities didn't specify which model ...

Nov 16, 2015 —
The Center for Auto Safety (CAS) has sued Volkswagen and Audi to force the automakers to immediately fix all 500,000 U.S. vehicles with so-called emissions "defeat devices." CAS is a nonprofit organization that has been fighting for auto safety and working on vehicle emissions and fuel economy for over 40 years.
The emissions lawsuit also seeks to force VW to pay a portion of its annual net profits into an independent fund to offset the environmental damage ...

Nov 15, 2015 —
The Volkswagen CO2 emissions list has grown by 430,000 new vehicles that have inaccurate carbon dioxide (CO2) values. This is in addition to the 800,000 vehicles located outside the U.S .
The automaker says this latest batch of 430,000 vehicles are all 2016 model year vehicles with incorrect CO2 values that will necessarily alter fuel economy values.
Although different than the illegal nitrogen oxide emissions from 11 million VW diesel vehicles , the CO2 ...

Nov 11, 2015 —
Volkswagen owners excited to receive a $500 prepaid Visa card and free towing for getting into the middle of the Volkswagen emissions scandal should read and question the fine print of the card agreement.
The Goodwill Package is Volkswagen's way of convincing diesel owners to stay with the automaker after VW admitted almost 500,000 of its U.S. vehicles emit illegal nitrogen oxide emissions .
VW is offering owners of affected 2-liter diesel vehicles a $500 ...

Nov 10, 2015 —
While Volkswagen continues to make U.S. owners of diesel vehicles wait for repairs to the emission systems of the cars, the automaker will try to pacify drivers with free money and towing.
Volkswagen said it will provide a $500 prepaid Visa card to U.S. owners and lessees of 2-liter diesel models affected by emissions defeat devices. The card can be used for anything a customer can buy with a prepaid Visa card.
An additional $500 card will go toward purchases ...

Nov 3, 2015 —
A Volkswagen CO2 emissions scandal has caused VW to take another step over the cliff of insanity with the admission 800,000 vehicles were sold with incorrect carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions readings.
Volkswagen says with CO2 at the heart of the problem this time, any changes to CO2 readings will be directly tied to a vehicle's fuel economy. Although most of the models have diesel engines, VW says the CO2 problem involves some 1.4-liter gas engines with a ...

Nov 2, 2015 —
More Volkswagen emissions recalls will be in order as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has hit Volkswagen and its brands with a second notice of violation of the Clean Air Act that now includes Audi and Porsche cars.
In total, the notice of violation was sent to Volkswagen AG, Audi AG, Volkswagen Group of America, Inc., Porsche AG and Porsche Cars North America.
Although the first EPA notice of violation included 2-liter engines that emitted up to 40 ...

Nov 1, 2015 —
The Volkswagen emissions scandal continues to expand as the automaker faces the threat of losing fuel economy and tax credits it received for so-called "clean diesel" cars.
Democratic Senator Ed Markey says VW should have never received credits for clean diesel technology when there was nothing "clean" about the emissions systems.
Markey says VW failed to legally meet federal Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards. Those standards are used to ...

Oct 30, 2015 —
U.S. deaths from illegal Volkswagen emissions from 2008-2015 are estimated at 59, according to a peer-reviewed study conducted by Harvard and MIT.
Published in the Environmental Research Letters journal, the study estimates the physical and financial cost due to Volkswagen's illegal use of "defeat devices" to alter emissions tests. The automaker was caught cheating the system in almost 500,000 diesel cars in the U.S. and 11 million vehicles worldwide.
The ...

Oct 26, 2015 —
A Volkswagen Credit lawsuit alleges VW diesel owners affected by emission "defeat devices" should not have to make monthly payments to VW Credit. The proposed class-action lawsuit is another legal quagmire for Volkswagen along with over 300 other lawsuits filed over "clean diesel" technology.
Montana resident Will Ballew filed the Volkswagen Credit lawsuit after buying a 2015 Volkswagen Jetta Sportwagon TDI diesel through VW Credit. Ballew says part of the ...

Oct 16, 2015 —
Volkswagen couldn't talk German safety regulators into allowing "voluntary" recalls for cars equipped with software that cheats the system and makes official emissions tests obsolete.
VW had requested European regulators give the automaker the right to recall the diesel vehicles on VW's terms. However, that idea didn't fly with German officials who told VW it would be forced to recall 8.5 million diesel vehicles.
The Federal Motor Transport Authority said all ...

Oct 15, 2015 —
With the revelation that Volkswagen's "CleanDiesel" technology has been anything but clean , governments across the world have opened investigations into how VW fooled the system repeatedly for years.
With its admission that 11 million vehicles globally have sophisticated software to fool official emissions tests, one U.S. state more than any other is dealing with the aftermath of Volkswagen's fraud.
California is the only state that has the legal right to ...

Oct 9, 2015 —
Volkswagen says it could take years to fix all the vehicles that were altered to pass emissions tests in the United States .
Speaking before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee, VW CEO Michael Horn said U.S. vehicles wouldn't start being fixed until 2016 and it will take many years to repair all 500,000 affected vehicles.
Horn said he believes each vehicle will require 5 to 10 hours of work to bring the cars legal according to the ...

Oct 1, 2015 —
Volkswagen lawsuits are growing by the day as VW owners, dealers and governments line up to sue the automaker for cheating on emissions tests . At least 70 Volkswagen lawsuits have been filed in the U.S. alone, with the latest VW emissions lawsuit coming from the state of Texas.
Harris County, Texas, filed suit against Volkswagen Group of America Inc. and Audi of America, LLC, alleging VW vehicles have harmed residents to the tune of $100 million. The Harris ...

Sep 27, 2015 —
Volkswagen has been sued in Canada for $1 billion after the automaker got caught using a "defeat device" to alter official U,S. emissions readings. Already facing the possibility of an $18 billion fine from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and class-action lawsuits in the U.S. , the automaker will have to answer to Canadian VW owners in court.
The Canadian Volkswagen emissions lawsuit includes all current owners and lessees in Canada of the ...

Sep 22, 2015 —
Volkswagen's clean green image is being wiped away as the automaker continues its nosedive toward hell after admitting it has been cheating emissions standards on its "clean" diesel vehicles .
It took a university test program and investigations by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the California Air Resources Board to finally convince VW to admit the scheme. Even then it took the automaker over a year to admit it had been using special software to ...

Sep 21, 2015 —
A Volkswagen emissions lawsuit has been filed in California that accuses the automaker of cheating owners of about 500,000 VW diesel vehicles. Volkswagen is already facing the possibility of a fine of up to $18 billion from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency EPA for using a "defeat device" to give false readings during official government emissions tests.
According to the lawsuit filed by Girard Gibbs LLP , Volkswagen has spent years spouting the ...

Sep 18, 2015 —
Volkswagen will eventually recall about 482,000 diesel passenger cars after getting caught cheating by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The EPA issued Volkswagen a notice of violation of the Clean Air Act alleging the maker of VW and Audi cars used a "defeat device" to get around EPA emission standards for air pollutants.
VW will likely face penalties of up to $37,500 per vehicle for violating the Clean Air Act, that could theoretically cost the ...

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